

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Seems like everyone’s mounting high-def cameras to their heads these days, and the footage of first-person POV outdoor acrobatics keeps piling up. Check out this reel of 2010 highlights from GoPro. The ultra-crisp, HD clips gave a bunch of us here at the office a vicarious adrenaline rush today. Maybe it’ll inspire you get out there and make some mindbending vids of your own in the New Year. What do you say? Have a look. Have some fun. And stay sane out there. ...
Posted by Craig D. on December 30, 2010 11:36 AM & Tagged GoPro, Snowboarding, adrenaline, camera, skiing, surfing and video | permalink | Comments
What's the best outdoor gift you have ever given or received? When I posed that question to several REI colleagues, here's what I heard: Sweet treat: I gave our nieces the Camper's Dream Play and Freeze ice cream maker. Man, do they ever love making ice cream with it. Even in sunny Southern California it works easily. It's a big hit with their friends, too. It's even easy to clean. —Danny Kid-size sleeping bag: We gave our daughter a Kindercone sleeping bag for Christmas 2 years ago. She loves ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on December 22, 2010 12:49 PM & Tagged Buff, Camper's Dream ice cream maker, Celestron SkyScout, GoPro, Guava Family Go Crib, JETBOIL, Kindercone sleeping bag, Otterbox Defender Case, REI Adventures, Rolla Roaster, gifts and rei | permalink | Comments
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